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Rope Horses
Brady Minor Brings Back Horse of the Year “Rey”
Brady Minor’s top horse Rey has been out of the ProRodeo game since a stifle injury in 2016 but now, Minor’s cracking the heeling juggernaut back out.

Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association
Patrick Smith’s Kadabra King is 2022’s Heel Horse of the Year
Patrick Smith's Kadabra King is the 2022 Nutrena AQHA/PRCA Heel Horse of the Year, as voted on by the top 25 heelers in the PRCA.

Rope Horse Care
2020 Horses of the Year Are Easy Keepers
Riley Minor’s RK Tuff Trinket, Brady Minor’s Leos Highbrow and Logan Medlin’s Nita Win Playboy are priceless to their people—and also very low maintenance.

Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association
Bob Strikes Again: Minor’s RK Tuff Trinket Wins Second Head Horse of the Year Honors in 2020
Riley Minor's Bob wins his second Purina Head Horse of the Year title.

Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association
Masters Cracks Out 22-Year-Old World-Champion Mount Cody for 2020 Campaign
Chad Masters is relying on the horse he won the 2007 PRCA Heading World Title aboard as rodeo hits crunch time in 2020.

Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association
Horse of the Year DT Sugar Chex Whiz Set to Make NFR Debut With Worley in Round 7
Dixon Flowers' Rope Horses DT Sugar Chex Whiz—an AQHA World Champion and the newly crowned Purina Horse of the Year—will make her first run at the Thomas & Mack in Round 7.

Rope Horses
Starbucks: X Factor
Ryan Motes—four-time NFR qualifier and 2019 winner of The American—on what made his 2013 PRCA/AQHA Heel Horse of the Year, Starbucks, rise above the competition.

Rope Horses
Sale-Barn Find Jewels Smoke Screen Wins 2019 Purina PRCA Head Horse of the Year Honors for Kirchenschlager
Team roping's top headers in the PRCA world standings voted Jewels Smoke Screen, a 12-year-old gelding, the 2019 Purina PRCA Head Horse of the Year.

Rope Horses
Dixon Flowers’ DT Sugar Chex Whiz Adds Purina Heel Horse of the Year Title to Already Impressive Resume
Billie Jack Saebens' main mount in 2019—AQHA World Champion DT Sugar Chex Whiz—earned the Purina Heel Horse of the Year title, as voted on by the top heelers in the world.
Team Roping News
Riley Minor’s PRCA/AQHA Heading Horse of the Year, RK Tuff Trinket “Bob”
Minor shares how he acquired "Bob" and his Wrangler NFR preparation.